Saint Patrick's Day 2014

Children were racing as fast as they could to see what their teacher had planned for the school. Teachers were all wearing scarves, shirts, hats, skirts that were green.

Monday 17th March 2014 was a very special day for the children of St. Patrick’s. It was St.Patricks Day.It is celebrated every 17th of March. This is the day when teachers from Saint Patrick’s School in Panmure, Auckland, come up with really cool activities for students to participate in.

The morning began with a celebration of faith. The whole school went to church and led Mass which included the singing of songs that celebrated the gifts and talents of Saint Patrick.Many people from the parish community joined us for Mass. The introduction was read by one of the Year 6 students.She told a brief story about Saint Patrick including how he was kidnapped and made a slave in Ireland.

Preparation for Mass the previous day, involved the decoration of tall, green coloured cardboard hats.  Onto these were glued words that represented the qualities of Saint Patrick himself.  Just before communion , a student from each of the six classes carried a hat to place on the step just below the altar.

The students were put into 6 teams after morning tea and went class by class playing or doing what the teacher had came up with. Room 1 did bowling, room 2 were putting in virtues on to a shamrock, room 4 was fishing letter and spelling words out, room 5, rainbow with a pot of gold, room 6, colouring in a shamrock, room 8, making leprechaun bookmarks. Groups were awarded points by the teacher.    

At the end the winning team was the Donegals. After we got told the points we all got rewarded with ice blocks from our principle. The bell rang and we all did St. Patrick’s special prayer then we had our lunch. St. Patrick’s  day wasn’t all about winning, it was about trying our best and having fun. I look forward for next year.